Election 2020

[Eric the Green]

(02-22-2020, 09:21 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:

(02-22-2020, 08:09 PM)Marypoza Wrote: Bernie's kicking it

I have been a little wary of Sanders.  I long thought the Democratic Party was behind the Republicans in rejecting their Establishment, but it is looking less so.  If the current trend follows through, it sets up a general election between the extremes.  I doubt either core will be able to stand the other’s candidate.  There is the risk that Trump might get four more years to mess up the country as a result.

But I think Trump has already blown it.  The middle of the road has already got sick of their protest vote, and the see saw has been flipped.  In 2016 neither party was allowed to put an establishment candidate in.  They got the wrong pretend-to-be-an-outsider, the world’s biggest alligator tasked to drain the swamp.  This ought to be fairly obvious at this point.

The question remains whether Sanders is the right pretend-to-be-an-outsider.

He is the only Democratic outsider in the race.

I suppose Trump can pretend to be an outsider, but billionaires really aren't.

The middle of the road voters are diminishing. The country must choose between regression to the past or forward to the future; that's what a 4T is about. Compromise is over. It's time to choose. There's no substitute for victory now. The blue must defeat the red, and it's a clear choice. Banana republic dictatorship or neo-socialist democratic utopia!

If trends hold, with Sanders leading in the first 3 states and nationally, and Biden 2nd in Nevada going into some states where he has an advantage, one of the two Democratic candidates most capable of winning in November is most likely to get nominated. That's good news for Democrats. The horoscope scores have, and will, prove themselves again to indicate what kind of candidate can win. Cold, wonky, ponderous, stiff candidates like Bloomberg, crusader rabbits like Warren, and charming little unqualified weaklings and empty suits like Buttigieg, do not win the USA presidency. Sanders is strong and energetic, articulate, inspiring, honest and likable. He has a chance.

It still doesn't mean Democrats will win. They will have to unite behind Sanders or Biden in enough passion, energy and numbers to defeat the Trump cult.

I hope Gabbard continues to bomb, so Bernie won't make the mistake of choosing her as VP.